Chap. >< 3. "InExpoftion upon theBook of Jog. ' Verf,q,.` true caufes of it , they thought it was for the difcovery of his hypocritie, and of the juftice of God : whereas it was for the difcovery of hislfincerity, and of the goodnefs of God : They prepared fome medicines ofunfound ingredients ; as that God will fpeedilygive outward good things to fuch as are good. And laftly, thofe that were found they mifapplied : Thus yob was Aferebant be- wounded with their falves, made fick vvith their medicines, and ni$temper bene his veryPhyftians werea difeafe unto him. evenire,quod fitgi Hence Obferve, fayKrneJt. Fir&, From the allufoR, That thefoul bath itsfacknefs ar well as the belly. The foul bath its feavers, confumptions and impoflumations: There is not any difeafe of the body, but 'foam have curioufly foundout a parallel diftemper in the foul. Solomon in his prayer at thededication of the Temple calls every one to know the plague of his own heart. 'Tis hard to know our own fpiritual difeafes, but it is harder to know the difeafes of other mens fpirits. Secondly, Obferve, Good counfel and wholefome inftruttion is asphyrick, andmedï- cines to thefoul. As the word is meat, fo medicine too : the word is meat to feed and refrefh the healthy foul, and the word is medicine to Anitteagr4. cure and raite the foul that is weak and fickty. There is no foul- tantit rnedicue difeafe, but we may find a remedy for it in the word. TheLord eft ornu, ( faith theProphet, Ifa. 5o. 3, .}.) hathgivenme the tongue ofthe learned (what learning was it ? was it the learningof Philofò- phers ? No, it was this) That Ifloould know how tofreak a word in Paton to him that is weary. There is a word which will eafe the foul of its burthen, and cure the foul of its difeafe, if it be fpoken in its feafon. Thirdly, Obferve, He is a foul-phyfitianof no value, who males wrong application of truths, as well as hewho applies thatwhich isfalfe. . To preach theLaw,and the terroursofft,topreach the_lattice of God and the feverityof it, thefeare truthst but for a man to preach thefe to apoor broken foul, to a foul thát lieth languiih- ing and trembling under the hand of God; toa foul that bath the pillars of its comfort fhakenwith the breakings inof divine wratlirthisman is a Phyfrtian ofnovalue. For though the things A a a are 36t
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